- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Syrinx with double row of pipes, 19 in each row, one row stopped below, bound at upper end with 2 wide strips of bamboo with lashings of reed.
- Person
- Field collector Robert Henry Codrington
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1888
- Date collected
- By 1888
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1920
- Materials and processes
- Material Reed Plant, Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Width: max 360 mm, Length: max 224 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1920.100.444
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Panpipes
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